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N-A-E-B NEWS - LETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS Edited by Richard B. Hull, President Station WOI, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa MOR E NE r N-A-E-B S TATI ONS JOHN SON BIL L UPSE TS CL EAR CHANNELS M AYFLOVER HEARIN GS PO STPONED SENATE HEARI NGS IN P ROSPECT MEMBERS TESTIF Y N-A-E-B AT OHIO INSTITUTE MARCH 20. 1948 CLEAR CHANNEL CASE GOES TO SENATE The fight over clear channels entered another phase with the surprise intervention of the Senate Interstat e Commerce Committee with the presentation of the Johnson bill"(S.223l) which called for clear channel breakdown and limitation of U.S. radio power to 50.000 watts ._ The FCC, instructed by the commerce committee to hold up the clear channel decision (and yet, needing it to meet the May 1 deadline for pro ¬ posed changes in the North American Broadcast agreement) was reported in some quarters ready to seek postponement of the NARBA conference now scheduled for August in Canada. Acting on instruction of the Interstate Commerce Committee, Senator Charles F. Tobey, (Republican, N.Y.) acting chairman of the committee, wrote the FCC to withhold its clear channel decision pending congressional hearings on Senator Johnson's measure. Senator Edwin C. Johnson (Democrat, Colorado) introduced a measure which proposed to limit the power of domestic bro a dcast stations in the band from 550 to 1600 kc. to 50 9000 watts and further proposes that such 50,000 watt stations shall not be pro - tected to a contour less than 500 microvolts per meter half of the time, based on measurements made during the second h ou r after sunset for all seasons for the year , EDUCATIONAL RADIO HIGHL IGHTS IN THIS ISSUE’ Johnson Bill Memorandum-2 Wisconsin Files Fourth FM Bid—--2 March Radio Clip Sheet—-3 Second NORC Report on Radio-4 Composer Criticizes Radio-6 FMA Fears Duplication—- 7 The Mayflower Case- 8 Oklahoma U. Conference Report-10 FCC Educational Radio Educators—Chicago, Apr, 2——11 N-A-E-B. Salutes New Station-12 Durr Champions Free Speech-14 V.NYC Music Festival Stand-out-15 French Government Radio Plans-15 North Carolina Views Ed. Network—-16 N-A-E-B Business Page----17 N-A-E-B News By Districts-19 Actions—25 Vice-President Treasurer Executive Secretary Executive Committee John Dunn W. I. Griffith M. S. Novik Seymour Siegal, WNYC, New York Graydon Ausmus, WUOA-FM, Alabama WNAD, University of Oklahoma WOI 30 Rockefeller Plaza Carl Menzer, WSUI, Iowa Ralph Steetle, WLSO-FM, Louisiana Norman, Oklahoma Ames, Iowa New York, N. Y. Frank E. Schooley, WILL, Illinois William Sener, KUSC-FM, California